Here lies the
body
of Lt Isaac Chase
who died May ye 19
1727 aged about
80 years
Lt. Isaac Chase was a Tisbury blacksmith, and a Quaker. He married (1st) Mary Perkins, and (2nd) Mary Tilton. He was the son of Thomas Chase.
One of the original settlers of Tisbury, his estate comprised nearly the whole of the
present village of Vineyard Haven.
See The Chase Family of Martha's Vineyard for more information.
